Crate.



H. D. BOKOP.

CRATE. APBLIOATION FILED APR. 8.1909.

Patented Se t, 14, 1909.

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H. D. BOKOP.

GRATE.

APPLIUATIGII FILED APE,8,1909.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

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" Priilll lll l HENRY I). BOKOP. OF DEFIANCE, GHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. tltl".

i1pplication filed April 8, 1909. Serial No. 488,62tl.

To all whom it may concern: 7

lle it known that l. llnxm' l). BUKOP, a citizen ot' the United States.residing at lle-lianee. in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio.have invented a' new and useful (Wale, ot'which the following is aspecification. w

This lllYtllllUll relates generally toshipping crates, and particularlyto that class known as collapsible crates.

'lhe object. ot the invention is to provide a crate of this characterthat shall be exceedingly simple in construction. etlieient and durablein use. aml which shall be capable of being readily knocked down and setup as occasion may require. l

With the. aboveand other objects in View which will appear as the natureof the. ill-' venliou is better sists in the novel construction andcombination of par s, of a "folding and knock down crate, as willhereinafter be fully dascribed, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification. andin which like characters of reference indicate correspond ing; parts,Figure l is a View in perspective of the crate showing the same partlydismantled. 11 lg. 2 is a perspective View of the crate as it; appearswhen it is set up for use. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View on anenlarged seale taken through one corner of the crate. Fig. -lis a Viewin side elevation of the crate as it appears when knorked down and readyfor r-ihipmeut.

As usual, the crate emnprises front and back walls 1 and 2, end walls 3and l, and top and bottom walls 5 and (i. .Ul'ot' these parts may beconstructtal in any preferred manner that will insure-the maximum ofstability with a mininnnn of stock.

The upper surface of the bottom wall and i the under surface of theupper wall are mar ginally ralibeted as at- T to receive the upper andlower edges of the remaining four walls. the shoulders formed by therabbets operat ing to prevent inward crushing of the lateral walls.

One of the nrincipal features of the. invention is in the 'a r1'an;e1nen t. of means for holding the front, back and end sections assembledtogether and with the top and bottom. This result. is attained bysecuring 1o each edge of each of the walls 1, 2, 3 and l. three eyesor-butts H. the eyes on the ad m he no interference between the two setsand through the six eyes thns provided at eael} corner of the cratepasses a rod 9 the ends of which are threaded to receive nuts l5) oneonly of which is shown at. east; may. The butts or eyes 8 maybeconstrue-toil any preferred manner. but iron: a stat 1 point of economyand readiness of eonstrnotitan it is preferred to employ strips ofsheet. metal that are secured between battens it and the respectivewalls at "each corner of the crate.

In order to reinforce the bottom and top at the corners where the rodspass through. metallic cornices 12 are employed. which are secured inmisitionby nails or screws.

It will be seen from the above description that in order to knock downthe crate and assemble. its parts for shipment as shown in Fig. 4. itwill only be necessary to remove four of the nuts t0. withdraw the fourrods in substantially the manner shown in Fig. l. The crate may he madeof comparatively light stock. and owimgto the manner in which its partsare constructed and ass-ear bled it. will proveexceedingly strong andwill withstand considerable compression strain before yielding.

l' claim;

1. A crate comprising front, back and end walls, eyes carried by theedges of the walls and arranged in alinement. a top and bottom wall.rods passing" through the e .'cs and through the top and bottom walls.and rlmnping means mounted on the rod and bearing upon the outer t'aeesof the top and and then dispose the-six frame members bottom to hold theseries oi walls assembled.

5.2. A crate eomprisin -trout. back and end walls; eyes carried by theedges of the walls and arranged to register, top and bottom walls haring their margins rabbeted to tit within the body formed by the firstnamed walls, threaded rods passing through the several series of eyes.and nuts mounted on the ends of the rods and bearing upon the outerfaces of the top and bottom walls to hold all of the walls assembled.

3. it crate eonlprising front, back and end walls. yes projecting tron-ithe side edges of the said walls with their bodies lying; against the.sides of the same, battens securedto the sides of the walls over thebodies of theeyes, top and bottom walls having their margins rabbeted toreceive thelower edges of rent Wall being so disposed that. therev will1 the trout back and end walls. rods inserted gwlaer.

mym n I lmye .heretq n-fi'lxed my signatvm:

in the presence of two Wll'l'lCSSBS.

HENRY 1 150x01.

ilu'ough the top and bottom Walls and. the alincd eyes on the edges ofthe front, back and end walls, and clumping means mounted on the saidrods and bearing upon the top and bottom Walls (0 hold all the parts to-1 Witnessesg EJHUME TALBEHT, ln testimony that I claim the foregoing asC. E DOYLE

